This book examines the new relationship between charity and welfare in the era following the New Deal.

The Depression and the New Deal forced charities into a new relationship with public welfare. After opposing public "relief" for a generation, charities embrace

With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to inc

Working as Ombudsperson for Human Rights in the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, Gret Haller became aware that the reactions of the United States an

"This is a major contribution to the literature on social participation and voluntary action. It is the first systematic ethnographic study I know that treats v